joker portrait

[CajunDave]

just got my hawk spirit in this week, first tattoo ive done with it. took a few to get the hang of it i was getting alot of dots and bars but i seemed to have figured things out. he wanted me to redraw Alex Ross' version of the Joker and make it my own. much fun!

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[johndameart]

Very nice, this your first time using the hawk? what kind of ink and size needles did you use on this?

[CajunDave]

ya was the first time using it.i was getting a shitload of bars and dots in my shading at first but i hung a little bit more needle out and that solved it quick.i really like it , it works really fast i think i did this is about 3 and a half-4 hours. i had no idea what volts to run at , i started around 10 volts then went down to around 9 and a half for most of the tattoo.

i used a 23 curved mag 13 curved mag and 9 round shader all cheyenne carts. i did a little bit of the small stuff in the teeth with a 5 liner and a coil machine. did the tattoo with eternal white and silver back 11 broke down with distilled. i want to try the new stupid black.